Hahoe byeolsingut talnori

The village is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the dance-drama an Important Intangible Cultural Property, and a collection of thirteen (13) masks are a National Treasure.

[1][2][3] The annual village fertility rites known as dong-je include the reading of charms and prayers, but no masked drama.

[1] The special ritual of byeolsingut talnori or pyŏlsin kut-nori is performed irregularly at the end of December and early January in order to appease the deity Seonangsin.

[1][4] After a period of purification and confinement, there is a procession that is followed by the masked dance-drama, in eight main episodes (madang):[4] The dance-drama, with musical accompaniment, exhibits considerable ribaldry, with the lions fighting and simulating intercourse; the butcher acting out the sacrifice of a bull before try to sell its heart and testicles; the old widow at the loom sadly singing of her solitary life; the lecherous, apostate monk stumbling upon Pune, a flirtatious young woman or dancing girl, while she micturates and, aroused, sniffing the ground before running off with her; the nobleman and scholar attempting to win Pune's favours by boasting of their good-breeding and learning, while she flirts with each in turn by killing his lice, before the proceedings are interrupted by a tax-collector; followed by the reenactment of a wedding ceremony and the ensuing wedding night that is so lifelike that minors and women are not allowed to watch.

The eleven surviving Hahoe masks – others are believed lost, including that of the bachelor (Chonggak) – include the two lions (Juji), butcher (Baekjeong), old widow (Halmi), the depraved monk (Chung), flirtatious young woman (Pune), nobleman (Yangban), scholar (Seonbi), bride (Gaksi), meddling low-class merchant (Choraengi), and fool (Imae).